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How to stop breastfeeding cold turkey?

This sounds a bit cruel to me but i need to cut the breastfeeding as soon as possible. My son is 17 months old. He has been breasfed since the day he was born. No bottles, no nothing. Only mommy's milk. Now i have to take medication and the doctor said i have to wean in order to take my meds. This is not going to happen from one day to the other. How do I do it? This is my third and only child i have breastfed. He has no signs of weaning. What do I do? I need to start my medication.

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My son is just starting to eat food. Breasmilk is is source of main nutrition. He doesnt like cows milk. I havent tried any other milks like almond or coconuts, soy. I dont know what to do. This is really hard.

Unless you like pain. DON'T. This is not for the baby's sake but for YOURS.

Quoting betsy9023:

This sounds a bit cruel to me but i need to cut the breastfeeding as soon as possible. My son is 17 months old. He has been breasfed since the day he was born. No bottles, no nothing. Only mommy's milk. Now i have to take medication and the doctor said i have to wean in order to take my meds.

I've yet to read the thread but most meds are quite safe. DOCS DON"T KNOW! I'll need to read the thread.

This is not going to happen from one day to the other. How do I do it? This is my third and only child i have breastfed. He has no signs of weaning. What do I do? I need to start my medication.

If it's truly a med you need to take, estrogen will have you dry by Friday.

Crestorhasn't been studied, but Dr hale is pretty confident it will be fine. According to his forum, he was supposed to begin since studies in 2012.... Maybe call infant risk and see if there's any up-to-date info?

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